are durga and parvati same?

Question

devon ke dev mahadev and jai jag janani maa durga are showing different stories.
and also tell which durga is better.
thankyou

Answer 1

I guess you find the stories different because they have different perspectives. Mahadev is giving more importance to shiv while janani is giving importance to Ma durga. but as per my knowledge durga and parvati are the same. durga is a manifestation of parvati. the same applies to ma kali. as far as your question as to which durga is better...i dont think any comparison is possible.

Answer 2

Vagarthaviva samtrptow vagarthapratipattaye

Jagatah pitarow Vande ParvateeParameswarow.



Kalidasa in his prayer said there is now difference between Parvati ( Durga) and Parameswar ( Shiva ). like we cannot separate Sound ( Vak) and Meaning ( Arth) they cannot be separated from each other. Both are existed in one form. ArthNareeswara..You can pray any one..it reaches both of them.

Answer 3

absolutely. read devi bhagavatam purana . durga takes birth as the daughter of himalayas hence called parvati

Answer 4

According to a narrative in the Devi Mahatmya story of the Markandeya Purana text, Durga was created as a warrior goddess to fight an asura (an inhuman force/demon) named Mahishasura. Brahma had given Mahishāsura the power not to be defeated by a male. Mahishasura had unleashed a reign of terror on earth, heaven and the nether worlds and he could not be defeated by any man or god, anywhere. The gods were helpless. Shiva, realizing that no man or god (male) can defeat Mahishasura, made a request to his wife Parvati to take the role of a female goddess warrior in order to slay the demon. Parvati took his request and went to the Ashram of priest disciple named Kātyāyan to assume the role of a warrior. Meanwhile, the gods went to Brahma for help and, with Brahma, then made their way to Vaikuntha—the place where Vishnu lay on Ananta Naag. They found Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma discussing the reign of terror Mahishāsur had unleashed on the three worlds. To save the 3 worlds, Vishnu, Shiva and all of the gods emitted beams of fierce light from their bodies. The blinding sea of light reached Parvati at the Ashram of the priest Kātyāyan and Durga emerged from this pool of light. The goddess Durga took the name Kaatyaayani from the priest. She introduced herself in the language of the Rig-Veda, saying she was the form of the supreme female aspect of Brahman (Prakriti) who had created all the gods. Now she had come to fight the demon to save the gods. They did not create her; it was her lila that she emerged from their combined energy. The gods were blessed with her compassion.



To combat the evil Mahishasura, she had appeared in a great blinding light, to combat this demon and end it for all to be in peace. Mahishasura had gravely underestimated her, thinking: "How can a woman kill me, Mahishasur—the one who has defeated the trinity of gods?". However, Durga roared with laughter, which caused an earthquake which made Mahishasur aware of her powers.



Despite that, the terrible Mahishasura rampaged against her, changing forms many times. At first, he was a buffalo demon, and she defeated him with her sword. Then he changed forms and became an elephant that tied up the goddess's lion and began to pull it towards him. The goddess cut off his trunk with her sword. The demon Mahishasur continued his terrorizing, taking the form of a lion, and then the form of a man, but both of them were gracefully slain by Durga.



Then Mahishasur began attacking once more, starting to take the form of a buffalo again. The patient goddess became very angry, and proclaimed to Mahishasur in a colorful tone—"Roar with delight while you still can, O illiterate demon, because when I will kill you, the gods themselves will roar with delight."[this quote needs a citation] When Mahishasur had half emerged into his buffalo form, he was paralyzed by the extreme light emitted from the goddess's body. The goddess then resounded with laughter before cutting Mahishasur's head down with her sword





Obviously the fighter or protector DURGA is better.

At present social situation we need 1000 Maa Durga to save us.

Answer 5

Please read 'Sri Devi Saptha Sathi' which is available with Sanskrit Slokas and meanings available at Ramakrishna math's book store, which can clear any doubts about Devi Parvathi maatha.

Answer 6

Mata Parvarti represents the feminine aspect of divinity, In reality Lord Shiva and Mata Parvati are one. Ma Parvati took many manifestation (AVATAR) There are 9 forms through which Mata is worshiped.

Each one of the Navadurga is known by a particular name and the deity has a particular dhyana-mantra, a mantra for meditation;



Shailaputri



May the illustrious Shailputri Durga whom I salute and whose head is adorned by a halfmoon, who rides nandi, a bull and carries a spear fulfill the desires of my heart. She is known as 1st phase of Durga when she took birth as the daughter of Great Himalayas.



Brahmacharini



May the supreme Brahmachari Durga, who holds rosary and kamandalu in her lotus hands and whose nature is to attain Sachchidanandamaya Brahmaswarupa the Existence-Knowledge-Bliss absolute, be propitious on me. Devi is Devi's that phase when Maa Parvati before marriage was Devi Yogni and Devi Tapsvini.



Chandraghanta



May that Durga Devi, who rides on Tiger, who is endowed with intense anger and violence and is renowned by the name of Maa Chandraghanta, bestow her grace on me. Chandraghanta Maa is known and named Chandraghanta or Chandra-Khanda as Maa Durga wears the semi-circular moon (Chandra) which appears like a bell (Ghanta) on her forehead.



Kushmanda



May Kushmanda Ma Durga who holds two pitchers full of blood in her lotus hands and the universe is created, sustained and drawn within Devi's ownself in a wink be propitious for me. In this form Mother Durga creates solar system by liberating her power to Lord Sun.



Skandamata



May the renowned Durga Devi Skandamata who is eternally seated on a throne and whose hands are adorned with lotuses, be ever propitious to me. As Mother of Skanda or Kartikeya, Maa Parvati or Maa Durga is known as Skandmata.



Kathyayini



May the ever watchful Durga Devi Katyayani, who holds shining Chandrahasa (Sword) in Devi's hand and rides a magnificent lion and destroys the demons, bestow welfare on me. When Maa Parvati's Partial expansion took birth in Sage Katya's home and gets energy from trinity and demi Gods, then the Goddess was known as Maa Katyani.



Kaalratri



May she Bhayankari Maa Durga who is with long lips, riding an ***, shining in various hues looks formidable because of the halo of Devi's lustre and is adorned with multi coloured ornaments remove my darkness of ignorance. In Skand Purana, Maa Parvati liberates Devi's golden outer sheath and becomes dark complexioned then Goddess becomes Goddess Kaalratri.



Mahagauri



May the Mahagauri Ma Durga who rides a white Vrishaba the bull and who wears spotless white clothes and remains ever pure and also provides ever lasting bliss to Mahadeva Lord Shiva bestow all auspiciousness. Devi is 16 years old unmarried Goddess Parvati.



Siddhidaatri



May the ever victorious Siddhidayini Ma Durga, who is always worshipped by the hordes of siddha, gandharva, yaksha, asura, and Deva, bestow success at my every venture. She is one who was worshiped by Lord Shiva to become in the form of Goddess Ardhnarishwara, then Goddess Shakti Appeared from the left side of Lord Shiva